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ABL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES PREVIEW

The Perth Heat will be out to continue their recent dominance of Australian baseball when they tackle the Canberra Cavalry in the Australian Baseball League Championship Series this weekend.

The Heat, who won the first two editions of the revamped Australian Baseball League, will play the Cavalry in a three-game series between Friday and Sunday in the nation's capital.

Canberra won the wooden spoon in the first two seasons of the ABL, but finished the 2012/13 regular season atop the standings with a 27-19 win-loss record.

The Perth Heat (25-21) finished third, but swept the Sydney Blue Sox (26-19) in last weekend's Preliminary Final series to win through to the decider.

REGULAR SEASON CONTESTS

These two teams met eight times across two four-game series in the regular season with Canberra winning six of the eight encounters.

The first series was played at Baseball Park in Perth and while Canberra won the first three games, the Perth Heat won the fourth game convincingly and outscored the Cavalry 34-33 over the course of the weekend.

It was a different story at 'the Fort' in Canberra as they again won three, but this time did it with authority as they beat the Heat 10-1, 16-9 and 9-0. Perth were able to win the third game of the series 6-5.

AUSTRALIA VS USA

The Perth Heat have the best of the local Australian talent with the likes of Luke Hughes, Tim Kennelly, Allan de San Miguel, Warwick Saupold and Brendan Wise on their roster.

Canberra's roster is predominantly made up of American imports with only four Australian's on the 30-man squad not including their development players.

Similar to how the Swans are allowed to have a larger salary cap in the AFL because Sydney is the most expensive place to live in Australia, Canberra have been allowed to have more imports on their roster because of a low population and baseball participation numbers.

THE KEYS

Canberra's strength is their offence. They have had a week off, which is aimed to serve as a reward, but may just affect their rhythm before the Championship Series.

Perth arrive at the big dance with momentum on the back of a six-game winning streak. They appear to have sorted out their defence and know how to get it done at the pointy end of the season.